Featured film
77 Hours — the film about Iran's Two Nights
A psychological thriller by Vahid Mahdavi, set across the nights of 8 and 9 January 2026. Watch the trailers, read the story, and see the documented record behind it.
Journal
Journal — EN
Long-form essays on Iran's protests, heritage, and human-rights record. One new article every day, rotating across 41 languages.
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Iran Human Rights Documentation Center: Essential Guide to Their Archives and Mission
Discover how the Iran Human Rights Documentation Center (IHRDC) archives 47 years of state repression, providing primary-source evidence for international legal accountability and human rights advocacy through rigorous witness testimony.
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Are Iran's Protest Trials Fair? Inside the Revolutionary Courts
This article examines the fairness of protest trials in Iran, particularly within the Revolutionary Courts, analyzing due process, legal representation, and the use of confessions.
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Who Owns Iran's Constitution Post-Transition?
The question of who owns Iran's constitution after a potential political transition is a central debate among exiled Iranian political groups, particularly concerning the role of a Constituent Assembly versus a pre-drafted framework.
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Decades of Defiance: Iran's Morality Police and Women's Resistance
For over forty years, Iran's morality police have enforced strict dress codes, particularly the compulsory hijab. This article examines the evolution of these patrols and the consistent, brave resistance by Iranian women against state-mandated modesty, often risking severe penalties.
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Filternet: how Iran weaponizes its own internet
Since the June 2026 blackout, Tehran has accelerated the 'Domestic Cloud' migration, deepening the divide between state-sanctioned digital services and the global web to preemptively neutralize dissent through systemic isolation and targeted technical degradation.
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Toomaj Salehi: The Rapper, the Regime, and the Sound of Defiance
Iranian rapper Toomaj Salehi's judicial fate remains precarious, with reports of a Supreme Court annulment and subsequent re-trial, amidst ongoing international calls for his release and concerns over his health and legal process.
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Two Nights of Rasht: Unveiling the January 2026 Massacre
New documentation reveals the January 2026 crackdown in Rasht involved additional enforced disappearances and further arrests, intensifying calls for international accountability despite continued government obfuscation and repression.
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Mahsa Amini's Death: Sparking Iran's 'Woman, Life, Freedom' Uprising
Mahsa Amini's September 2022 death in morality police custody triggered Iran's 'Woman, Life, Freedom' uprising, fundamentally challenging state authority and deepening the landscape of dissent through sustained civil disobedience and global advocacy campaigns.
Documentaries
Long-form documentaries on Iran
Feature films, investigations and a three-part series on the uprising, the crackdown and the people behind the record.